this week released messages sent by scientists during the coronavirus pandemic that show the decision to downplay the"lab leak" origin theory was made for political reasons.on Tuesday outlining what it says are examples showing that top scientists rejected the theory that the coronavirus came from a lab in China because they were worried about the political impact of that assessment. GOP lawmakers charge those messages were sent in concert with Dr.
Rambaut, along with Andersen, Holmes and Garry, authored"The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2" on the website Virological in February 2020. That report said the lab leak theory was not"plausible," and subcommittee members say the paper was written at the behest of Fauci to"downplay the lab leak hypothesis and call those who believe it may be true conspiracy theorists."
Andersen responded to Rambaut by saying,"Yup, I totally agree that that’s a very reasonable conclusion. Although I hate when politics is injected into science – but its impossible not to, especially given the circumstances."